5 Books All Space Fans Should Read

I receive lots of question about what are most
interesting books about space and universe and what books I should recommend.
Well, here are 5 books that I think every space enthusiast should read.

"Spooky Action at a Distance" by George
Musser (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015)

Spooky Action at a Distance - The Phenomenon That
Reimagines Space and Time--and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and
Theories of Everything. If you are familiar with Quantum Entanglement and
intrigued by this mysterious phenomenon then this is the best book for you and
if you haven’t heard about Quantum Entanglement, then this-is-a-must-read-book
for you.

"Spooky Action at a Distance" by science
writer George Musser dives into the different ways that researchers are
grappling with this concept of "nonlocality" — what Albert Einstein
legendarily called "spooky action at a distance" in the quantum
mechanics world. This book will not only help you understand Einstein’s
"Spooky Action at a Distance”, it will also help you to get a better
understanding of space-time itself. You can buy
this book here or download it here
for free.

This is one of my favorite. Theoretical astrophysicist
Kip Thorne has spent his whole career discovering subjects that once appeared downgraded
to science fiction, for instance whether time travel is possible, and how
humans could possibly travel from one galaxy to other via wormholes. In
"Black Holes and Time Warps," Kip Thorne offers an introduction to
these fascinating concepts and also other mind-bending topics, at a level
suitable for nonscientists. You can buy this book
here or download it here for
free.

"Cosmos" (Random House, 1980) By Carl
Sagan

"Cosmos," by well-known astronomer and the
best science communicator Carl Sagan, is an awesome book, diving deep into the
history of science, philosophy and the universe itself. The book acts as a
partner with Sagan's treasured 1980s TV show, "Cosmos: A Personal
Voyage." This book is a gorgeous glimpse inside one of the ultimate
scientific minds in entire history. Although some of the content in the book
seem old, the book still lives up to its hype and is also one of the best
popular science books ever written, and the language is just beautiful. You can
download it here.

"Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through
Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension" (Oxford University
Press, 1994) By Michio Kaku

As the name indicate, this is pretty exciting stuff and
the concepts are beautifully explained in a language that anyone can easily understand
and enjoy. We're really not equipped to comprehend the cosmos as a
10-dimensional entity — and yet "Hyperspace" clarifies this
revolutionary idea in such an articulate and appealing way that it makes a good
deal of sense. You can buy
this book here.

Clayton Anderson's new biography covers his whole
30-year NASA career, but it doesn't pinch on the precise, quirky details along
his path to space (and his 15 distinct applications before approval to the
program). He gets way deep into the details of training and the bonding with
his astronaut class as well as traversing the power structures inside NASA and
finding his way through two major space missions — 5 months on the ISS and then
a dozen-day shuttle mission. You’ll definitely enjoy this. You can download
this book
here.

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